Well-known Russian journalist Pavel Sheremet, the last five years working in Ukraine, died in Kiev. The car, which drove Sheremet exploded on the morning of 20 July, reported by his colleagues from “Ukrainian truth”.
The car with the journalist Pavel Sheremet was blown up in Kiev on the corner of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Ivan Franko in front of the restaurant “McDonald’s”.
The explosion occurred at 7: 45 local time, while Sheremet was driving. Arrived at the scene the police. Sheremet for five years lived in Kiev, worked in the edition “Ukrainian truth” and the leading radio “News”.
Pavel Sheremet, a native of Belarus. Born in Minsk, studied in the Belarusian state University and the notable University. Came to TV from the banking business until 1992 he worked in the Department of currency transactions of a Bank, and later a consultant to the economic programs of the Belarusian TV. Soon has become the leading weekly analytical program “Prospect” Belarusian TV.
In 1996 he became chief editor of the “Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta”. In the same year was appointed head of the Belarusian Bureau of the Russian Public television (abbr. ORT, now channel one) and the correspondent of ORT in Belarus.
In July 1997, during a survey report about the situation on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border, was arrested by officers of power structures of Belarus on charges of illegal crossing of the state border, in receiving money from foreign intelligence services and illegal journalistic activity. Was sentenced to two years imprisonment and to one year of probation, after prison a total of three months.
Worked on ORT, REN-TV, in the magazine “Ogonek”, “Ukrainian Pravda”, “Vesti”.
Is also one of the founders of the scientific and popular history online edition of “Historical truth”.
